Julianne Moore

The eventual best picture Oscar winner played or premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival from 2007 to 2013. Then last year, "Birdman" bypassed the Canadian event in favor of a closing slot at the New York Film Festival. Fox Searchlight figured that after earlier high-profile dates at the Venice and Telluride festivals, it was better to slot the New York-centric "Birdman" in the city where it was filmed. Like every other decision the studio and its consultants made last year, it was the right call. "Birdman" won the Oscar, making it, after "12 Years a Slave," back-to-back wins for the studio. Toronto organizers could console...

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Maps to the Stars
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Before Julianne Moore steamrolled through awards season with her Oscar-winning "Still Alice" performance, a lot of industry pundits expected her to be a contender for her turn as a...

Richard Glatzer, the 63-year-old filmmaker who died Tuesday of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is best known for co-writing and co-directing the drama "Still Alice" with his husband, Wash Westmoreland.
In making "Still Alice," the...

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Julianne Moore can't stop thinking about the Oscars, because, well, the media won't let her.
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